KLEBERG, Rudolph, (great uncle of Robert Christian Eckhardt, uncle of Richard Mifflin
Kleberg, Sr.),
a Representative from Texas; born in Cat Spring, Austin County,
Tex., on June 26, 1847; instructed by private tutors; was graduated from
Concrete College, De Witt County, in 1868; enlisted in Tom Greens brigade of
Cavalry in the Confederate Army in the spring of 1864 and served until the
close of the Civil War; studied law in San Antonio, Tex.; was admitted to the
bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Cuero, Tex.; established the Cuero Star
in 1873; prosecuting attorney of De Witt County 1876-1890; member of the State
senate 1882-1886; appointed United States attorney for the western district of
Texas in 1885; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of William H. Crain; reelected to the Fifty-fifth,
Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses and served from April 7, 1896, to
March 3, 1903; was not a candidate for renomination in 1902; resumed the
practice of law; moved to Austin, Tex., in 1905; appointed official reporter
for the court of criminal appeals February 24, 1905, and served until his death
in Austin, December 28, 1924; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.